Kennedy Assassination

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Kennedy Assassination
Cutting through Conspiracies

November 22, 1963
 JFK was in Dallas
trying to get
support for next
year’s election.
 Dallas had an
unfriendly
reputation towards
politicians.

Lee Harvey Oswald
 Shown here in
Oak Cliff,
Texas.
 Tried to defect to
the Soviet Union
and Cuba.

School Book Depository
 LHO got a job in this building. He would
eventually shoot JFK from the sixth floor.

6th floor

Sixth Floor of the School Book
Depository

Sniper’s perch
 This is Lee Harvey
Oswald’s view
from the 6th floor
of the School Book
Depository


Zapruder’s film was the most
famous evidence

He was filming from here.

3rd shot
1st shot
Sniper
perch

This plaque sits next to where he was
fatally shot.

Kennedy was rushed to Parkland

Oswald fled the scene
 He checked into
his boarding house
on 1026 Beckley.
 Officer J. Tippit
stops on the street
to talk to Oswald.
 Oswald shoots him
4 times to death

Lee Harvey Oswald walked 8 blocks
to Texas Theatre on Jefferson Blvd.

Arrested
 The Cops beat
him up after
Oswald resists
arrest at the
theatre.

LBJ was sworn in at Love Field

LHO was being escorted to another
jail.

Oswald transferred to another jail.
 Jack Ruby, a
Dallas nightclub
owner, shoots
Oswald on live
TV.
 LHO will never go
on record why he
did what he did.
He is now dead.

LHO killed
 “You killed
the President,
you rat!”

Case Closed?
 Oswald fired 3 shots (missed the first one)
 The assassination was filmed (Zapruder)
 The government investigated the murder for
years and concluded that Oswald acted alone.
 Virtually no witness at that time gave
indication that more than 3 shots were fired at
Kennedy.
However. . . .

80% of people today
believe JFK was killed
by someone else!!!!

Composite Conspiracy Story
 JFK was killed by a conspiracy of high
government officials with LBJ working
with the CIA, the mafia and anti-Castro
Americans who all want revenge for
Kennedy’s lack of support in the failed
Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. At the
same time (in contradiction), Castro killed
JFK with Russia’s help. Jack Ruby killed
LHO so he wouldn’t talk. Ruby died with
a deep, dark secret!

Let’s keep in mind
 Many people thought Elvis was alive for
decades after his death.
 Many people think Tupac Shakur is alive.
 Many people think that NASA never landed on
the moon.
 Many think Bush let 9-11 happen on purpose.

To make matters worse. . .
 Oliver Stone made a
movie called JFK in
1992.
 The movie is full of
errors, lies and bad
science.

Stone’s JFK helped advance these
falsehoods about the assassination:
 Oswald could not have shot JFK from the sixth
floor in less than 6 seconds.
 Kennedy was shot from the front by gunmen
on the grassy knoll.
 Jack Ruby killed Oswald on orders from the
mafia to keep Oswald quiet about everything.

Could Oswald have made those
shots?
 Yes! Oswald was a
sharpshooter trained by
the US Marines.
 He scored a 212 out of
250 on a 200 yard
shooting range.
 JFK’s car was only 50
yards away from the
sniper’s nest and moved
10mph

Jack Ruby
 Conspiracists believe
Jack Ruby was a
mobster who killed
Oswald to silence him.
 Ruby died in jail a
couple of years later,
supposedly with some
deep dark secret.

However. . .
 Jack Ruby knew
gangsters but was not
one. (He knew lots of
cops too!)
 He was a night club
owner.
 Those that knew him
said he couldn’t keep a
secret for 2 minutes!

Ruby
 Ruby’s assassination
was not planned.
 Ruby left his dog and
his girlfriend in the car
when he left to shoot
Oswald.
 No conspiracy here
from Jack Ruby!

Was Kennedy shot from the front?
2nd assassin?
Zapruder

Back and to the left?
 Many assume
based on JFK’s
bodily motion
and blood spray
that he was shot
from the front.

No witnesses reported gunshots that
day!
2nd assassin?
Zapruder
wall

All witnesses that day described
shots from where Oswald was
Witness described people
but no shots behind fence Oswald

Picket fence

View from behind fence (x marks the
spot)
3rd shot

Picket fence shooter theory
 There were plenty of witnesses in that area.
None reported hearing shots. A few attention
seekers claimed they did years later.
 The witness behind the fence died in a single
car crash 2 years later, festering conspirators'
ideas.
 Many witnesses have been accused of being a
part of the conspiracy, including Zapruder
(born in Russia).

Autopsy
 Kennedy was hit in the back of the neck, not
the front.
 He was hit in the back of the head, not the
front.
 A shooter could not have hit JFK from the
fence without hitting Jackie or her area.

Magic Bullet?
 Oliver Stone argued that a single bullet could
not have hit JFK and Governor Connally the
way reported.

Magic Bullet?
 Using the bullet wounds, Stone used this
diagram to convince people that one bullet
could not hit JFK and the governor the way
reported.
 Notice both
heads are
level with
each other.

JFK sat elevated above Connally
wrong

Single Bullet Theory
 Once their seats are properly aligned, the
single bullet theory appears to be valid!

Umbrella Man?
 Some say there was a mysterious man fanning
an umbrella right as Kennedy was shot. Oliver
Stone said he was signaling to shoot JFK.
here

Umbrella Man
 Not much mystery here.
The man was
questioned and
identified.
 He was trying to heckle
JFK with his umbrella
in a way that he himself
did not quite
understand.
 One guy told me he was
a Soviet agent.
here

Badge Man?
 Was there a mysterious
man wearing a badge
near the fence?
 Again, no shots were
fired from this area.
 JFK’s entry wounds
were in the back of his
neck and head.

Motives?
 Everybody seemed to have a reason
to kill JFK if one thinks about it hard
enough.

Lyndon B. Johnson
 Supposedly, JFK
wanted to
withdraw from
Vietnam.
 LBJ had him killed
so he could
continue the war
(supposedly).

LBJ
 Kennedy gave no
clear evidence of
exiting Vietnam.
 LBJ showed no
desire for
escalating this
“bitch of a war.”
(LBJ’s words).

The Mob?
 The mob supposedly wanted to murder
Kennedy.

Sam Giancana connections
 Supposedly upset
about JFK’s lack of
support for killing
Fidel Castro.

Mob continued
 The mob was upset
about Robert Kennedy’s
pursuit of organized
crime.
 RFK was the Attorney
General (top cop)

The mafia did not kill JFK
 The FBI had the Chicago mafia’s phone
tapped and their offices tapped for years before
1963. No evidence was heard.
 The mafia had no real interest in JFK. Maybe
his brother Robert, but not the President.

Did Mob control Oswald and Ruby?
 Oswald was a lone
actor, just as he acted
alone in an attempted
murder of a General
Walker.
 Ruby knew mobsters,
but he was not trusted
by them.

Did Castro Kill JFK?
 Motive: The CIA
tried several times to
kill Fidel Castro.
Operation Mongoose
considered poisoned
cigars, poisoned
diving suits, mafia
rub out.

Did Castro kill JFK?
 Castro did not have the
means to do so.
 Castro wanted the US to
leave Cuba alone. An
assassination would
have led to an invasion.
(Castro said this.)
 Oswald was refused
entry into Cuba.

Did the Russians kill JFK?
 Motive: The USA
was a serious rival
in the Cold War.
Killing JFK would
provide instability
in the military and
government.

Russians killed JFK?
 Why would the
Russians risk nuclear
war? Having LBJ as
President would not
have benefited
the Soviets.

Conclusion
 People (including me) believe what
they want to believe.
 Some want to believe JFK was not
killed by some lone nut.
 Some enjoy being in the minority
opinion.

Let’s let celebrities die in peace!

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